Program Manager, Land Development

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we're the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we're looking for talented people who want to help. You'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion. ---------------- The Land Development team is seeking a Program Manager - based in Seattle WA, Austin TX, or Arlington VA - to own the operational backbone of our land development portfolio: program delivery, standardized reporting, KPI adoption, process improvement, and stakeholder coordination. This role ensures portfolio performance is visible, predictable, and tied to deliverable commitments. You will support a team of land development and permitting managers responsible for data center projects across the US. The work environment spans due diligence, entitlements, engineering design, utility coordination, and construction. You do not manage land development projects directly; you manage the program that allows this team to deliver at scale — tracking portfolio health, surfacing systemic bottlenecks, and giving leadership clear visibility into performance. Key job responsibilities - Develop and manage program cadences, reporting, and leadership-facing status updates for the land development portfolio. - Track portfolio KPIs — schedule variance vs. baseline, jurisdictional approval cycle times, milestone completion, and data completeness — and surface systemic risks with actionable recommendations. - Own ongoing dashboard maintenance — updating filters, adding new projects and regions, fixing broken fields, and refreshing reporting views — and drive adoption of new tools through co-design with end users, training, and ongoing support. - Coordinate data quality across project reporting; ensure input discipline with team members and maintain taxonomy standards. - Partner with the technical program management team on tooling redesigns to meet evolving operational requirements. - Work cross-functionally with internal teams including Environmental, Design Engineering, Water, Transactions, Construction, TIPMs, Legal, and Finance, as well as external stakeholders including land use attorneys, schedule administrators, civil engineering firms, and local jurisdictions. - Own vendor scopes of work, track invoices, and monitor consultant performance. - Conduct after-action reviews following deliverable completions to identify root causes of misses and build best practices. - Develop and maintain onboarding materials for new team members. - Facilitate weekly program syncs, status review meetings, and leadership prep sessions. - Support capacity forecasting based on upcoming workload volumes. - Some travel required. A day in the life - Refreshing the monthly dashboards for reporting prep - Following up with a team member to fix missing data fields - Running a program sync to surface a systemic schedule risk - Training a new team member on reporting tools and processes - Working with the technical program management team on tooling updates to meet new operational requirements - Reviewing vendor performance against scope of work commitments - Preparing a leadership briefing on portfolio health and upcoming risks About the team Join a dynamic and growing team